Flyers Snap Devils Road Streak With 3-2 Win

The New Jersey Devils finally lost on the road. The Flyers looked pretty good and even thought the final shots on goal totals were the same at 35 each, it looked like most of the action was in New Jersey's end of the rink. The loss also ended the Devils win streak at eight games. Two of the three Philadelphia goals were the result of Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur attempts to clear the puck and passing it to the Flyers who pounced on his mistakes.

Darroll Powe put the Flyers up 1-0 after Brodeur went behind his net and attempted to clear the puck out along the boards. It went to Arron Asham who flipped a little pass over to Claude Giroux who was parked on Brodeur's left near the New Jersey goal. Giroux passed over to Powe who was cruising in and Powe put it in past a sprawling Brodeur.

The teams exchanged power play goals in the second period, Scott Hartnell scoring for the Flyers at 44 into the period and David Clarkson cutting the lead to 2-1 with about 5 minutes remaining as he beat Flyers netminder Ray Emery with a quick shot from his left with about 3 seconds left in a 5 on 3 advantage.

Flyers' rookie James van Riemsdyk scored his 5th of the season which proved to be the eventual game winner. This rookie might bear some watching as although he trails the much heralded John Tavares of the Islanders by 3 in the rookie point race, van Riemsdyk has played 7 fewer games than Tavares.

New Jersey's Zach Parise closed out the scoring with his team high 11th with one second remaining in the 3rd to make it 3-2. Parise also leads the Devils with 24 points in 19 games. Even with the loss New Jersey remains atop the Atlantic Division now tied with the Pittsburgh Penguins with 28 points, although the Devils have 3 games in hand on the Pens. The Flyers are in a 3-way dogfight with the Rangers and the surprising Islanders who each have 23 points.

The Devils next travel to Nashville to play the Predators on November 19th, while the Flyers head out to Los Angeles for a game against the Kings.